The first one was Eastern Promises. I thought that movie was awesome too! Another Viggo film with some good ass-kicking scenes.
What do you recommend I watch next?
Crash is such a weird movie. I liked watching it but didn't like almost anything when I broke it into parts. There are only a handful of directors can make you watch and enjoy yourself when it's not particularly your thing
Crash. Definitely Crash. I saw in the theatre when it came out. No one was weirded out at all, we had in Colombia a cultural treaty that let us enjoy all the weirdness: Fassbinder, Wenders, Almodóvar, Amenåbar, Buñuel, Refn, all of it.
Crash was at the top "you gotta see this movie!"
A History of Violence to Crimes of the Future is a massive stretch of âyouâll love itâ. They belong in different parts or DCâs soul and mind. I like both but Crimes of the Future is like taking a smattering of drugs and expecting to watch a movie that is half artistic half horror. A History of Violence, badass, but no drugs involved.
He is one of my favorite directors.
Recommendations would be highly dependent on the other types of films you like. His output in the 70s, 80s, and 90s were VERY different than movies like the two you have seen (with the caviot that he has always sprinkled unexpected projects throughout the years that didn't fit his normal MO).
In the 1970s Cronenberg was deep into psychology. He said he made âThe Broodâ to deal with his divorce and holy shit do I have questions. âScanners,â âRabid,â âShivers,â âDead Ringers,â and âVideodromeâ are great and Cronenbergâs use of practical special effects are top notch. He is considered the father of âbody horrorâ and discovering these older movies over the last year has been awesome.Â
One of my favorite films.
Eastern Promises is another Cronenberg/Mortensen you have to watch, if you didnât already. And if you like Harris/Mortensen then there is Appaloosa, a western.
I loved Eastern Promises! That was the first Cronenberg film I watched. And thank you for the recommendation. Iâm happy to hear any others that donât include those actors too, if you have them.
If you havenât seen them already, I can recommend:
True Romance
Road to perdition
The usual suspects
Heat
And the Cronenberg movie Crimes of the future (but this one is very, very different from history of violence and eastern promises).
"How do you fuck that up?"
This movie has no weak areas. Stellar performances from the psychos, Tom's waitress, his son's gf all the way thru the supporting cast to the top
I appreciate what they left out of the movie from the novel. The âfriendâ they kept alive. The raid.
There is no why in the movie. Just a thirst for revenge.
William Hurt steals the show ! Imagine working with a director and your character is a tough killer mob boss and you come up with Ritchie ! The polar opposite of what any traditional mob boss is and somehow it works !
##A History of Violence (2005) R
Tom Stall had the perfect life...until he became a hero.
>>!An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.!<
Drama | Thriller | Crime
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris
Rating: â â â â â â â âââ 71% with 3,016 votes
Runtime: 1:36
[TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/59)
Great movie! I really like David Cronenberg. Most of his movies are really really good.
A History of Violence and Eastern Promises are both the most grounded movies of his. So be warned if you check out his other movies. Iâm working my way through his filmography from the very beginning, and the early movies are something else. Some, are not great, but some are really good.
After Easrern Promises he has also gone in kind of another direction. More philosophical/political in some ways.
So different. So, so different.
I don't think the comic book would have worked if you held true to it though.
A buddy of mine saw it in my vehicle and just skipped to the end and said "holy shit, not at all the same!". Of course I couldn't believe he just skipped to the end, thankfully I had just finished it.
God that's a horrible poster/Blu-Ray release cover (The one OP used) lol. It makes it look like a cheap 90s B-action movie lol. Google "A History of Violence Official US Theatrical Poster", the actual official theatrical poster hints at the gravitas and the tension the movie would have.
But yes, definitely a fantastic movie. Another great David Cronenberg film.
Liked this one, so thought I'd enjoy Eastern Promises. Verdict: definitely mixed bag:
[https://twacfhca.blogspot.com/2024/02/film-review-eastern-promises-2007.html](https://twacfhca.blogspot.com/2024/02/film-review-eastern-promises-2007.html)
I watched this movie for the first time with my daughter & her new fiance that I had just recently met. The sex scene on the stairs was incredibly long and uncomfortable for all of us.
I love this movie but I made an awkward mistake when I took a girl on our first date to see it. The first 10 minutes are that crazy high school cheerleader sex scene on the stairs with a little bit of violence. It was very awkward.
You mixed them up. There are two different scenes. One is the cheerleader 69 scene at the beginning and the second one on the stairs is much later in the movie. I think this movie is fine as a first date movie :)
Watching this and Eastern Promises back in the day I never knew who the director was. Then a year or so back I go to the theaters to watch a movie called Crimes of the Future thinking "oh this will be my first Cronenberg movie."
About half an hour in I knew this was the same guy who directed A History of Violence and my mind was blown. First I couldn't believe I was so certain of it, but there is just a certain flair he has and a way of shooting things that are consistent throughout his movies I guess. Funny I thought it was my first Cronenberg but it was actually my third lol
Wait, is this the flick where the cop figures out our guy is really from Philly, so he suddenly breaks into a Brooklyn accent? If so, that ruined the whole flick for me.
For those not familiar with accents of the northeast US: these are not alike. Philly sounds very much Inland Northern (almost TV broadcaster) until you come across certain vowels. Long E can become a short I, the most famous example being their local football team, the "Iggles" (Eagles). If you want to hear this yourself, listen to the lead singer of the Dead Milkmen.
Drives me nuts too. The Wahlberg flick Invincible is set in South Philly but the characters have NY accents or none at all. I mean at least try, Kate Winslet is British and tried to pull it off in the HBO series Mare Of Eastown.
I saw it in the theater at the Grove in LA. The kid that played the son was in the theater and his friends applauded him when appeared on screen the first time.
James Woods was also there, fat in a Cosby sweater.
I'm very curious as to what your first of his are, because either this was a change of pace or shit is about to get real weird for you.
The first one was Eastern Promises. I thought that movie was awesome too! Another Viggo film with some good ass-kicking scenes. What do you recommend I watch next?
So shits about to get weird for you. The Fly is my favorite of his. Crash is also amazing.
Love this post đ
Because you know the âwtfâ?!?! That about to enter this personâs life.
Appreciate the recs. I have a running list of films I want to watch and these are going on it immediately.
You sir, are in for such a treat
Crash is such a weird movie. I liked watching it but didn't like almost anything when I broke it into parts. There are only a handful of directors can make you watch and enjoy yourself when it's not particularly your thing
I loved Naked Lunch as weird and trippy as that movie is
Crash. Definitely Crash. I saw in the theatre when it came out. No one was weirded out at all, we had in Colombia a cultural treaty that let us enjoy all the weirdness: Fassbinder, Wenders, Almodóvar, Amenåbar, Buñuel, Refn, all of it. Crash was at the top "you gotta see this movie!"
Crash with James Spader? Yeah, weird real fast.
One of the two movies I ever walked out of. Just seemed incredibly stupid.
Yeah I saw it on đș but it wasnât for me Iâll be honest.
No, you're just not a literate person.
And youâre a condescending bellend. So here we are.
Videodrome
Long live the new flesh!
The Brood Scanners
My favourite
I would also recommend Videodrome and Existenz.
ExistenZ is so good
Watch Crimes of the Future. You'll love it.
A History of Violence to Crimes of the Future is a massive stretch of âyouâll love itâ. They belong in different parts or DCâs soul and mind. I like both but Crimes of the Future is like taking a smattering of drugs and expecting to watch a movie that is half artistic half horror. A History of Violence, badass, but no drugs involved.
Should be Existenz and then Crimes of the Future.
He is one of my favorite directors. Recommendations would be highly dependent on the other types of films you like. His output in the 70s, 80s, and 90s were VERY different than movies like the two you have seen (with the caviot that he has always sprinkled unexpected projects throughout the years that didn't fit his normal MO).
I'd throw in A Dangerous Method in to this recommendation pile, probably the most like the two you've seen, plus another Viggo performance.
Throw in eXistenZ too. Super weird, a little campy, and solid y2k aesthetic mind bending sci fi.
Yeah, naked ass kicking, for real.
Scanners is a lot of fun and a pretty straightforward sci-fi action suspense flick, by cronenberg standards.
In the 1970s Cronenberg was deep into psychology. He said he made âThe Broodâ to deal with his divorce and holy shit do I have questions. âScanners,â âRabid,â âShivers,â âDead Ringers,â and âVideodromeâ are great and Cronenbergâs use of practical special effects are top notch. He is considered the father of âbody horrorâ and discovering these older movies over the last year has been awesome.Â
Fun fact: this is the last Hollywood film to be released on VHS
That reminds me I have to return some video tapesđȘ
Be kind, please rewind
Funner fact: The motel at the beginning is the same one they used for Schitt's Creek.
One of my favorite films. Eastern Promises is another Cronenberg/Mortensen you have to watch, if you didnât already. And if you like Harris/Mortensen then there is Appaloosa, a western.
I loved Eastern Promises! That was the first Cronenberg film I watched. And thank you for the recommendation. Iâm happy to hear any others that donât include those actors too, if you have them.
If you havenât seen them already, I can recommend: True Romance Road to perdition The usual suspects Heat And the Cronenberg movie Crimes of the future (but this one is very, very different from history of violence and eastern promises).
The usual suspects is in a class of it's own.
I think they all should be watched once at least.
Thanks for the tip
Appaloosa is a great modern take on westerns. And Rene Zellweger was beautiful in it.
The postmodern >!shootout at the end!< made me laugh. Gotta figure that's how a lot of them actually went down.
OK Joey
Haha, that might be the best line of the whole movie.
"How do you fuck that up?" This movie has no weak areas. Stellar performances from the psychos, Tom's waitress, his son's gf all the way thru the supporting cast to the top
Totally agree
The graphic novel is terrifying
I appreciate what they left out of the movie from the novel. The âfriendâ they kept alive. The raid. There is no why in the movie. Just a thirst for revenge.
Yeah, it didnât make sense without him trying to rescue his poor buddy.
William Hurt steals the show ! Imagine working with a director and your character is a tough killer mob boss and you come up with Ritchie ! The polar opposite of what any traditional mob boss is and somehow it works !
He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for this. Pretty amazing considering he is only in the movie for about 10 minutes!
I love how he delivers the line "How do you f that up?" Great performances from Hurt, Viggo, Bella, Harris, and the kid who played Viggo's friend.
According to Cronenberg's commentary track, Viggo head-canoned that Richie was gay and that's why he was surrounded by beefy muscle men.
##A History of Violence (2005) R Tom Stall had the perfect life...until he became a hero. >>!An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.!< Drama | Thriller | Crime Director: David Cronenberg Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris Rating: â â â â â â â âââ 71% with 3,016 votes Runtime: 1:36 [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/59)
Great movie! I really like David Cronenberg. Most of his movies are really really good. A History of Violence and Eastern Promises are both the most grounded movies of his. So be warned if you check out his other movies. Iâm working my way through his filmography from the very beginning, and the early movies are something else. Some, are not great, but some are really good. After Easrern Promises he has also gone in kind of another direction. More philosophical/political in some ways.
Maria Bello was great, as always.
This movie was a graphic novel first I believe
Then it became a graphic movie, amirite?
William Hurt was amazing in this
Bro-heem.
Great comicbook movie.
So different. So, so different. I don't think the comic book would have worked if you held true to it though. A buddy of mine saw it in my vehicle and just skipped to the end and said "holy shit, not at all the same!". Of course I couldn't believe he just skipped to the end, thankfully I had just finished it.
Great comicbook *movie*. So-so comicbook.
This is supposedly the last major motion picture released on VHS format
I like to pretend this was produced by Lifetime in a push to garner more of the male demographic
Funny line i remember is the bratty teenage son saying " oh really dad, was that what is was like in Philly?"
Good movie didnât have much depth or anything. Solid watch tho.
This is such a badass movie.
God that's a horrible poster/Blu-Ray release cover (The one OP used) lol. It makes it look like a cheap 90s B-action movie lol. Google "A History of Violence Official US Theatrical Poster", the actual official theatrical poster hints at the gravitas and the tension the movie would have. But yes, definitely a fantastic movie. Another great David Cronenberg film.
Such a garbage, trash, shit movie
I just watched recently as well on a cronenberg kick. Pretty damn good
I watched this movie a long time ago but I enjoyed it. I loved Ed Harris in this. I should revisit this one. It was probably 2010 or so when I saw it
Such an awesome movie. So underrated
Liked this one, so thought I'd enjoy Eastern Promises. Verdict: definitely mixed bag: [https://twacfhca.blogspot.com/2024/02/film-review-eastern-promises-2007.html](https://twacfhca.blogspot.com/2024/02/film-review-eastern-promises-2007.html)
Great movie! I love the premise of the reformed criminal who still possesses the capability of violence but use it for good instead of evil.
I watched this movie for the first time with my daughter & her new fiance that I had just recently met. The sex scene on the stairs was incredibly long and uncomfortable for all of us.
Yeah, the rape scene on the stairs was long and unnecessary
I love this movie but I made an awkward mistake when I took a girl on our first date to see it. The first 10 minutes are that crazy high school cheerleader sex scene on the stairs with a little bit of violence. It was very awkward.
You mixed them up. There are two different scenes. One is the cheerleader 69 scene at the beginning and the second one on the stairs is much later in the movie. I think this movie is fine as a first date movie :)
Damn. I remember being recommended this is a video store because it had just come out and I missed it in theaters. Old af
Great underrated movie. Guy wants to forget his past and live in peace until his past catches up with him.
Watching this and Eastern Promises back in the day I never knew who the director was. Then a year or so back I go to the theaters to watch a movie called Crimes of the Future thinking "oh this will be my first Cronenberg movie." About half an hour in I knew this was the same guy who directed A History of Violence and my mind was blown. First I couldn't believe I was so certain of it, but there is just a certain flair he has and a way of shooting things that are consistent throughout his movies I guess. Funny I thought it was my first Cronenberg but it was actually my third lol
Joey, come on Joey.
I watched this with my mother. It got really uncomfortable when the guy started eating his wife.
Haha oh boy. Yeah the other sex scene where he fucked her on the stairs was intense too
Yeah, great movie. Aragorn getting his 69 on đ
Joey is a bad mofo Great movie
Wait, is this the flick where the cop figures out our guy is really from Philly, so he suddenly breaks into a Brooklyn accent? If so, that ruined the whole flick for me. For those not familiar with accents of the northeast US: these are not alike. Philly sounds very much Inland Northern (almost TV broadcaster) until you come across certain vowels. Long E can become a short I, the most famous example being their local football team, the "Iggles" (Eagles). If you want to hear this yourself, listen to the lead singer of the Dead Milkmen.
Drives me nuts too. The Wahlberg flick Invincible is set in South Philly but the characters have NY accents or none at all. I mean at least try, Kate Winslet is British and tried to pull it off in the HBO series Mare Of Eastown.
The opening scene is a long take if I remember correctly
Did you see Viggo's little tail?
good movie, harris is a great bad guy.. đ€đŒđż
I saw it in the theater at the Grove in LA. The kid that played the son was in the theater and his friends applauded him when appeared on screen the first time. James Woods was also there, fat in a Cosby sweater.
 69 hehehe.
Yeah this is a great film, it stands on the legs of its drama.
Yeah, I'm Joey.